Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Red--Sept. 25/26--Kansas City MO to Grand Rapids MI

The RED UNIT will begin loading their train Sat., 9-24-16 and is set to depart [some time] Sunday, 9-25-16 for Grand Rapids, MI:

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS  
[u]http://www.ringling.com/[/u] 
151.625 is the Circus Train Operations radio frequency.  
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Sept. 25/26 (Sunday-Monday) RED UNIT Train-Run from Kansas City MO to Grand Rapids MI. (Note the departure day....)  'Route is reported on the Western discussion board today as chosen to be BNSF Brookfield Sub to Galesburg, and on to Streator, IL.

2016 Red Unit Circus Train: 
---60 Cars* (39 conventional passenger-type cars; 21 TTX-[type] piggyback flats)  
---4,370 Tons (when fully loaded)  
---5,320 Feet (WITHOUT host RR's power attached; 1 mile = 5,280 feet)    

*The train is being systematically reduced in size this year; stay tuned later this Spring for an updated length, tonnage and feet-in-length. (Currently, the Red Unit's train is now down to about 54 cars in length.)

RED UNIT -- 145th Edition -- "CIRCUS XTREME" -- on its extended tour.  
SEE: [u]https://www.ringling.com/shows/circus-xtreme/[/u] 
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Current RBBB rail-tour Edition Numbers for the two railroad shows, Red (and Blue), are measured from the show's first year, 1871. Train-run ["jump"] dates presume each train departs the morning [or day] after the closing performance date. RBBB Circus Trains can change scheduled routing and departure time without notice. 

2016 RED UNIT – 145th EDITION of THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH  

ALREADY PLAYED: 
Miami, FL: Jan. 8 - 18 
Columbia, SC: Jan. 21 - 24 
Charlotte, NC:  Jan. 27 - 31 
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 3 - 7 
Atlanta, GA: Feb. 10 - 15 
Duluth, GA:  Feb. 18 - 28 
Cincinnati, OH: Mar. 3 - 6 
Richmond, VA: Mar. 10 - 13 
Baltimore, MD: Mar. 16 - 27
Washington, DC: Mar. 31 - Apr. 3
Fairfax, VA: Apr. 6 - 17
Charleston, WV: Apr. 21 - 24 
Wilkes-Barre, PA: Apr. 28 - May 1
Manchester, NH: May 5 - 8
Hartford, CT: May 11 - 15
Trenton, NJ: May 18 - 22 
Hershey, PA: May 25 - 30
Lincoln, NE: June 3 - 5
Colorado Springs, CO: June 9 - 12
Las Vegas, NV: June 16 - 19
Phoenix, AZ: June 23 - 26
San Antonio, TX: June 30 - July 4
New Orleans, LA: July 7 - 10
Houston, TX: July 14 - 31
Dallas, TX: Aug. 3 - 14
Fort Worth, TX: Aug. 18 - 21
Austin, TX: Aug. 24 - 28
Little Rock, AR: Sept. 2 - 4
Lexington, KY: Sept. 9 - 11  
Kansas City, MO: Sept. 15 - 18

PLAYING NOW: 
(WEEK OFF - "Dark Week" - in K-City, MO; cast/crew personnel are relaxing and/or sight-seeing the region)

PLAYING NEXT:
Grand Rapids, MI: Sept. 29 - Oct. 2
Albany, NY: Oct. 6 - 9
Boston, MA: Oct. 12 - 16
Bridgeport, CT: Oct. 19 - 23
Rochester, NY: Oct. 27 - 30
Pittsburgh, PA: Nov. 3 - 6
Auburn Hills, MI: Nov. 10 - 13
Youngstown, OH: Nov. 19 - 20
Huntsville, AL: Dec. 14 - 18 

Towns confirmed so far for 2017:
Jacksonville, FL: Jan. 19 - 22
Worcester, MA: Apr. 14 - 16
Manchester, NH: Apr. 21 - 23

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/16 12:02 by rbx551985.

any info on the routing and times

"*The train is being systematically reduced in size this year; stay tuned later this Spring for an updated length, tonnage and feet-in-length. (Currently, the Red Unit's train is now down to about 54 cars in length.)"

What is the reason for the reduction in the number of cars?  How much of the reduction is due to the unfortunate, forced elimination of the elephants from the RBBB shows?
 

Currently leaving KC eastbound on the Marceline Sub toward Ft. Madison and Galesburg.

Topfuel Wrote:
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> "*The train is being systematically reduced in
> size this year; stay tuned later this Spring for
> an updated length, tonnage and
> feet-in-length. (Currently, the Red Unit's train
> is now down to about 54 cars in length.)"
>
> What is the reason for the reduction in the number
> of cars?  How much of the reduction is due to the
> unfortunate, forced elimination of the elephants
> from the RBBB shows?

ALL of it is due to the fact the show animals are no longer carried on the train(s) and also that the elephants are no longer on the tour(s).  PETA and a host of other animal rights groups have joined forces to convince enough American city councils that RBBB abuses its animals (that is an absolute LIE,a nd I'm a witness for RBBB in that regard) .... and since those towns now ban elephant acts for that reason (PETA's words), it is no longer financially fesible to carry the elephants across America to perform in just about half of the towns they used to perform in.  Now, PETA and those other animal rights groups are declaring they are about to go after all the other animal acts:  Big Cats, horses, ponies, llamas, camels, zebras, little cats and dogs and all the rest:  their goal is to ban all animal acts (and rodeos, too!) from the United States .... and they will be successful as long as "We The People" do not stop them.  Period.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/26/16 08:55 by rbx551985.